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Traffic deaths rise in Minnesota for the first time in five years

...this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was based on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and involved surveys of 147,000 drivers in 19 states and the District of Columbia.The traffic-safety...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-01-06/traffic-deaths-rise-minnesota-first-
News
Cellphone bans and use

...drivers. The "National Phone Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors": December 2011, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA], Office of Behavioral Studies, surveyed 6,000 people representing all states. The goal...

http://brainerddispatch.com/lifestyle/2012-09-04/cellphone-bans-and-use
Lifestyle
Buses and pedestrians serve as back-to-school safety test for motorists

...vehicles.In Minnesota, school buses make at least 10,000 school bus trips daily. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, children are eight times safer riding in a bus to school than any other vehicle.DPS reminds motorists...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-09-06/buses-and-pedestrians-serve-back-sch
News
GUEST COLUMN: Thanksgiving can be deadly

...plan for a safe and sober ride home. The DWI enforcement and education effort is funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is a component of the state's Toward Zero Deaths traffic safety program. A primary vision of...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2011-11-18/guest-column-thanks
Guest Columns
Texting while driving citations double in Minn.

...convenience factor to texting and driving. A national survey and other data released Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows about half of American drivers between 21 and 24 say they've sent phone messages or emailed...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/crime/2011-12-09/texting-while-driving-citation
Crime
News briefs

...Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ''Parents should continue using...Ricardo Martinez, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said in a statement made available...

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Auto industry wants lower-speed tests for air bags

...auto industry, enlisting the support of many of the nation's major insurance companies, told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it strongly opposes a rule that would call for the use of a high-speed test into a barrier...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/092399/aut_0923990002.shtml
Cars
Consumers sort out safety of side air bags after federal warning they could kill children

...Mercedes-Benz E430 last Thursday at a dealership in this suburb north of Washington D.C. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked automakers this past week to turn off side air bags in the rear seats -- where children usually...

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Cars
Safety board says air bags getting safer

WASHINGTON -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that air bags installed in cars since 1997 have become safer and are causing fewer fatalities. The agency, in reviewing...

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Cars
Feds propose plan to regulate air bags

...cars, in an effort to avoid deaths caused by the inflating devices. The proposal, announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, considers other options to bringing back a disputed crash test. Automakers say resurrecting the...

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Cars

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